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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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